If brewpubs are Bend’s bread and butter, then Washington is Bend’s jambalaya. Like the Southern dish that pairs rice with a panoply of meats, Washington in Bend’s NorthWest Crossing offers a culinary assortment that’s hard to pin down, but not hard to put down. While...

They say variety is the spice of life, and this may also apply to food trends Humans love. We love to sample new and unusual flavors, and it seems like every few years a new spice trend appears. A couple of years ago, it was...

When Cassie Clemans first dreamed of starting her own business, she knew it needed to involve books. The mother of three envisioned creating a place in her Bend westside community that neighbors and friends could walk to and discover the world of reading. She pictured...